How Does The Wind Get Fit And Healthy?… Air Conditioning!
It was great to be back at the Lumby and District Public Market this last Saturday. Having caught up a wee bit in the greenhouse and with the ripening of some Tomatoes and other goodies and with a few plants I had a nice variety of goods for sale.
It was wonderful seeing my fellow vendors and many of the people who make our day. I’m sure I kept many people amused with my flapping and running from the wasps but having been bitten 3 times now I can’t seem to stand there and calmly let them fly around me.
The weather was a little cool and the wind created some havoc but it turned into a lovely afternoon. There were a couple of new vendors this last weekend including a wine sampling booth which I am sorry to say I did not get a chance to experience, I hope they will be there again next week.
Everyone is experiencing the typical problems of gardening mainly deer and the slow or non production of some plants. Every year some plants do really well and some not so well. The cool wet spring certainly caused a few problems especially with fruit trees and some vegetable plants although I am amazed at the production of peppers this year as was several other people growing them but once the temperatures went up they flourished, they do like it hot.
I can’t believe the production of my raspberry patch this year amazing nor the fact that my huge plum tree has only three plums on it. I’ve seen some plum trees that have a powdery mildew problem and the harvest is certainly reflecting on how it affects the tree.
This fall when the tree has shed its leaves they should be all raked up and burned if possible or removed as this will not be good to use for garden bed cover or compost. I went back over the Farmers Almanac for this year and although they were correct in some predictions others were not even close.
For late August and through to October it is predicted that our temperatures will be near normal with more rain although I don’t see any rain fore-casted in the next 10 days on any of the weather channels that I follow. I hope the Farmers Almanac is a little more on track with the cooler and rainier as we sure could use both. For this winter it is predicted that the weather should be warmer and with less snowfall. The coldest periods will be late December and early January and if their predictions are correct we should be thankful to live in BC as the prairies and east coast are predicted to take a beating with both the cold and snowfall.
Happy Gardening
Samantha Nason
BS Ranch & Greenhouses
250 547 6567 • samanthanason@hotmail.com
